We have TEETH

Baby boy popped his first two teeth out this past week!!  That's right, two sharp little chompers have broken through the gums and are making their way up.  I noticed the first one on Monday and then the second just yesterday.
Also in the news of firsts........he finally flipped over yesterday......from back to his belly!  I don't think he even knows he did it because he doesn't seem in any kind of hurry to do it again.
Sleeping was a nightmare last night, went to bed at 8pm, up at 10:30pm, back up at 12:30am......still up at 3am!!!!  WIDE awake might I add!  Well I let him cry for almost an hour then went in and picked him up, he was wide awake and wanted to play, would not settle down and get sleepy.  So I put him back down and he cried for about 45 more minutes (actually it was more like SCREAMED his brains out) and then passed out finally.  What torture for me though.  I can NOT sleep while this is happening, I'm wide awake thinking thoughts like there has got to be something wrong, I'm a terrible mother for letting him scream and be this upset for so long......but I'm just trying to follow the advice of millions of parents out there in the land of the internet who say it takes about 3 nights of hell and then they learn to sleep through the night.  Our problem isn't him falling asleep on his own, its the waking up during the night.  It just so happened that he started to teethe at the same time that we started to sleep train....so I'm not really sure what is actually a result of teething vs. his own habits.   His sixth month check-up is this Saturday so I will see what the ped. says.

Look at my big boy sitting up all on his own <3

 


 

Who needs toys when we have TOES!

Pretty sure the dog just licked him and he doesn't like it

In other news we are still fixing the house up, painting, adding chair rail, decorating....making it our own.  Which by the way feels like its NEVER going to end.  Good thing we are project people and enjoy doing stuff around the house.  This weekend was the "formal" living room which we don't intend to actually be formal at all.  Just another room to lounge and watch TV, use as a toy room, it needs to be functional.  BUT functional doesn't mean it can't be stylish and classy!  We painted, hung blinds, and Johnny put chair rail around the entire room.  It looks SO GOOD!!!!  I'm so proud of him, AND impressed at how good it turned out :)  Now we just need to furnish and decorate.  Now I'm on the hunt for something to sit the TV on top of.  I don't think I want it on the wall in this room, but you never know.  I'm thinking a fun piece of furniture like a vintage looking dresser or console table.  Maybe paint it a fun color as well.  We will see.  I'm always on the look out for pieces like that, I think they really add character to a home.

Still debating on whether its a good idea to paint the dining room set that I currently have.  I think I've talked about this before, It was given to me by friends who no longer had a need for it.  Its in great condition but just not my style at all.  SO do I take a chance and attempt to paint it??  OR just live with it for now until I can get what I really want??  I can't decide!!!



The hubby's weekend accomplishments....LOVE

Hubby hard at work